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Trump renews call to rename New Mexico 'New America'
President Donald Trump again urged New Mexico to change its name to 'New America,' claiming it would raise home values and incomes. The president cannot rename a state: New Mexico's name is set in its constitution, and changing it would require the state's voters to amend it.
President Donald Trump has renewed his call for New Mexico to change its name to 'New America,' arguing in a Truth Social post on Monday, Oct. 19, that the move would bring the state prestige and economic gains.
"New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United States of America!" Trump wrote. He claimed that "Home Values and Incomes would rise" and that "The name would add great value and prestige to the State!"
"Maybe even the Crooked Elections, that New Mexico is known for, would become honest again!" he added, without offering evidence for the claim or explaining how a new name would affect property values or incomes.
Not the first time
Trump has floated the idea before. In September, he shared images showing "Mexico" crossed out and replaced with "America" on a New Mexico sign, calling the state "one of the great vote cheating states of all time," and told the RNC Midterm Convention on Sept. 9 that New Mexico "should be called New America."
The push follows a series of renamings by the administration. In January 2025, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the 'Gulf of America' and Denali as Mount McKinley, and in August 2026 he ordered that Lake Ontario be called 'Lake America' for federal use.
Only voters can change the name
Unlike geographic features renamed for federal use, a state's name is not up to the president. New Mexico's constitution opens with the words "The name of this state is New Mexico," and changing it would require the state's voters to amend the constitution.
The idea drew a rebuke from both parties when Trump first raised it in September. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the state's name "isn't up for debate — it's been ours since before the United States existed," while Sen. Ben Ray Luján wrote, "It's New Mexico, always has been and always will be." Republican gubernatorial candidate Gregg Hull also said that "New Mexico does not need a new name."
The name dates back to the Spanish colonial era, when explorers called the region Nuevo México in the 16th century. New Mexico, where nearly half of residents are Hispanic, became the 47th U.S. state in 1912.
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